Mac mini, M6, 16GB

512GB of storage, 170GB/s of memory bandwidth, and 13GB of unified memory left for a model once macOS has taken its share. It holds 6 of the 30 models we track.

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Models it runs — 8K context

Llama-4-Behemoth—
Won't fit— headroom
DeepSeek-V4-Pro—
Won't fit— headroom
Kimi-K2-Instruct—
Won't fit— headroom
DeepSeek-V3—
Won't fit— headroom
DeepSeek-R1—
Won't fit— headroom
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct—
Won't fit— headroom
Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E—
Won't fit— headroom
GLM-4.6—
Won't fit— headroom
DeepSeek-V4-Flash—
Won't fit— headroom
Qwen3-235B-A22B—
Won't fit— headroom
MiniMax-M2—
Won't fit— headroom
Mistral-Large-2411—
Won't fit— headroom
gpt-oss-120b—
Won't fit— headroom
Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E—
Won't fit— headroom
Qwen3-Coder-Next—
Won't fit— headroom
Llama-3.3-70B—
Won't fit— headroom
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B—
Won't fit— headroom
Qwen3-32B—
Won't fit— headroom
Gemma-4-31B—
Won't fit— headroom
Qwen3-30B-A3B—
Won't fit— headroom
Gemma-3-27B—
Won't fit— headroom
Qwen3.6-27B—
Won't fit— headroom
Gemma-4-26B-A4B—
Won't fit— headroom
Devstral-Small-2507—
Won't fit— headroom
gpt-oss-20bQ3_K_M
Tight1GB headroomest. 48.3 tok/s
Phi-4Q5_K_M
Tight0GB headroomest. 11.1 tok/s
Gemma-4-12BQ6_K
Tight1GB headroomest. 11.3 tok/s
Qwen3-VL-8B-InstructQ8_0
Tight2GB headroomest. 13.0 tok/s
Gemma-3n-E4BQ8_0
Tight4GB headroomest. 26.0 tok/s
Qwen3-4BBF16
Tight3GB headroomest. 13.8 tok/s

Model	Best quant	Fit	Headroom	Est. speed
Llama-4-Behemoth	—	Won't fit	—	—
DeepSeek-V4-Pro	—	Won't fit	—	—
Kimi-K2-Instruct	—	Won't fit	—	—
DeepSeek-V3	—	Won't fit	—	—
DeepSeek-R1	—	Won't fit	—	—
Qwen3-Coder-480B-A35B-Instruct	—	Won't fit	—	—
Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E	—	Won't fit	—	—
GLM-4.6	—	Won't fit	—	—
DeepSeek-V4-Flash	—	Won't fit	—	—
Qwen3-235B-A22B	—	Won't fit	—	—
MiniMax-M2	—	Won't fit	—	—
Mistral-Large-2411	—	Won't fit	—	—
gpt-oss-120b	—	Won't fit	—	—
Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E	—	Won't fit	—	—
Qwen3-Coder-Next	—	Won't fit	—	—
Llama-3.3-70B	—	Won't fit	—	—
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	—	Won't fit	—	—
Qwen3-32B	—	Won't fit	—	—
Gemma-4-31B	—	Won't fit	—	—
Qwen3-30B-A3B	—	Won't fit	—	—
Gemma-3-27B	—	Won't fit	—	—
Qwen3.6-27B	—	Won't fit	—	—
Gemma-4-26B-A4B	—	Won't fit	—	—
Devstral-Small-2507	—	Won't fit	—	—
gpt-oss-20b	Q3_K_M	Tight	1GB	48.3 tok/s
Phi-4	Q5_K_M	Tight	0GB	11.1 tok/s
Gemma-4-12B	Q6_K	Tight	1GB	11.3 tok/s
Qwen3-VL-8B-Instruct	Q8_0	Tight	2GB	13.0 tok/s
Gemma-3n-E4B	Q8_0	Tight	4GB	26.0 tok/s
Qwen3-4B	BF16	Tight	3GB	13.8 tok/s

Best quant is the highest-quality one that still loads with headroom. Every speed is an estimate; the formula is here.